Amazon releases "Kindle for Mac"

Today, Amazon announced the release of Kindle for Mac, a service designed to allow Mac users to purchase, as well as access, the content of the Kindle e-book library right from their Mac. Amazon is touting the following features of Kindle for Mac application:

Purchase, download, and read hundreds of thousands of books available in the Kindle Store

View notes and highlights marked on Kindle, Kindle DX, and Kindle for iPhone

Read books in full color including children’s books, cookbooks, travel books and textbooks

Amazon seems to be feeling the proverbial heat as the release of Apple’s iPad, and accompanying e-book store, looms. As some of you may recall, just days after the announcement of the iPad, Amazon began to renegotiatepricingterms with its content publishers — something they had been unwilling to do for quite awhile. Not exactly earth shattering news, but another toy for Kindle-loving Mac users to play with. Hit the read link for the full press release.